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There’s no point designing new qualifications if there’s no one there to teach them and no resources to teach them with, argues Sam Freedman

This week’s essential education news includes a sharp rise in Ofsted reports changed after school complaints, criticisms of Rishi Sunak’s plans for a British Baccalaureate, and 27 new schools being added to the list of those containing RAAC

Unions say 6.5% pay increase must be ‘only first step’ to restoring ‘pay lost in real terms against inflation since 2010’

NFER recommends the government should widen the scope of the teacher recruitment and retention strategy to include TAs

The education committee heard earlier this year there was limited coordination between schools, local services and authorities on criminal child exploitation

Commons Education Committee chair Robin Walker asks DfE how a contract targeting the reduction of new EHCPs squares with ministerial evidence given to MPs

The education secretary made the claim as she updated MPs on how the government is handling the presence of collapse-risk RAAC

The education secretary and Downing Street were given advice to change guidance on 21 August after two incidents in which RAAC planks failed

DfE commits to a three-year deadline for reducing teachers’ working hours, and confirms it is refreshing its 2019 recruitment and retention strategy

Join the ����Vlog News team as we discuss our exclusive report that the government is set to refresh its teacher recruitment strategy in response to school staffing problems

Trusts leader flags “significant concern and anxiety” among CEOs over potential RAAC problems with maintained schools that have become part of MATs

The DfE’s language hubs are aimed at helping to improve take-up of Spanish, French and German